[PATCH/RFC] md/multipath: implement I/O balancing

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Implement basic I/O balancing code (for read/write) for multipath
personality. The code is based on RAID1 implementation.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/md/multipath.c |   70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 drivers/md/multipath.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 3535c23af288..83c4f5105705 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -30,29 +30,58 @@
 
 #define	NR_RESERVED_BUFS	32
 
-
-static int multipath_map (multipath_conf_t *conf)
+/*
+ * This routine returns the disk from which the requested read should
+ * be done. There is a per-array 'next expected sequential IO' sector
+ * number - if this matches on the next IO then we use the last disk.
+ * There is also a per-disk 'last know head position' sector that is
+ * maintained from IRQ contexts, IO completion handlers update this
+ * position correctly. We pick the disk whose head is closest.
+ *
+ * Note that 'sector' argument is for original bio whereas 'head_position'
+ * is maintained for each rdev so we should take it into account when
+ * calculating the distance.
+ */
+static int multipath_map(multipath_conf_t *conf, sector_t sector)
 {
 	int i, disks = conf->raid_disks;
-
-	/*
-	 * Later we do read balancing on the read side 
-	 * now we use the first available disk.
-	 */
+	int best_disk;
+	sector_t best_dist;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
+retry:
+	best_disk = -1;
+	best_dist = MaxSector;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < disks; i++) {
+		int dist;
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
+		sector_t this_sector = sector;
+
 		if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
-			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-			rcu_read_unlock();
-			return i;
+			this_sector += rdev->data_offset;
+			dist = abs(this_sector - conf->multipaths[i].head_position);
+			if (dist < best_dist) {
+				best_dist = dist;
+				best_disk = i;
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (best_disk == -1) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "multipath_map(): no more operational IO paths?\n");
+	} else {
+		mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
+
+		rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[best_disk].rdev);
+		if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
+			goto retry;
+
+		atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	printk(KERN_ERR "multipath_map(): no more operational IO paths?\n");
-	return (-1);
+	return best_disk;
 }
 
 static void multipath_reschedule_retry (struct multipath_bh *mp_bh)
@@ -82,6 +111,17 @@ static void multipath_end_bh_io (struct multipath_bh *mp_bh, int err)
 	mempool_free(mp_bh, conf->pool);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Update disk head position estimator based on IRQ completion info.
+ */
+static inline void update_head_pos(int disk, struct multipath_bh *mp_bh)
+{
+	multipath_conf_t *conf = mp_bh->mddev->private;
+
+	conf->multipaths[disk].head_position =
+		mp_bh->bio.bi_sector + (mp_bh->bio.bi_size >> 9);
+}
+
 static void multipath_end_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 {
 	int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags);
@@ -89,6 +129,8 @@ static void multipath_end_request(struct bio *bio, int error)
 	multipath_conf_t *conf = mp_bh->mddev->private;
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev = conf->multipaths[mp_bh->path].rdev;
 
+	update_head_pos(mp_bh->path, mp_bh);
+
 	if (uptodate)
 		multipath_end_bh_io(mp_bh, 0);
 	else if (!(bio->bi_rw & REQ_RAHEAD)) {
@@ -122,7 +164,7 @@ static int multipath_make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	mp_bh->master_bio = bio;
 	mp_bh->mddev = mddev;
 
-	mp_bh->path = multipath_map(conf);
+	mp_bh->path = multipath_map(conf, bio->bi_sector);
 	if (mp_bh->path < 0) {
 		bio_endio(bio, -EIO);
 		mempool_free(mp_bh, conf->pool);
@@ -356,7 +398,7 @@ static void multipathd (mddev_t *mddev)
 		bio = &mp_bh->bio;
 		bio->bi_sector = mp_bh->master_bio->bi_sector;
 		
-		if ((mp_bh->path = multipath_map (conf))<0) {
+		if ((mp_bh->path = multipath_map(conf, bio->bi_sector)) < 0) {
 			printk(KERN_ALERT "multipath: %s: unrecoverable IO read"
 				" error for block %llu\n",
 				bdevname(bio->bi_bdev,b),
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.h b/drivers/md/multipath.h
index 3c5a45eb5f8a..060fe2aabd97 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.h
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 struct multipath_info {
 	mdk_rdev_t	*rdev;
+	sector_t	head_position;
 };
 
 struct multipath_private_data {
-- 
1.7.5.2

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